Gardeners obsess over seed varieties and planting dates, yet the soil under their boots often gets ignored. Soil testing for ...

The city is tightening its procedures for backfill dirt used at demolition sites and launched online reports to track testing of those sites.

As part of the new improvements, any sites where testing shows levels of elements that exceed accepted EGLE's environmental ...

By Jennifer Hunt Murty Crews are backfilling the site of the massive Feb. 1 Dunnellon creosote railroad tie fire after ...

Test soil regularly and apply soil acidifiers accordingly to maintain consistent pH.

Agricultural lime takes time to work, but it provides excellent returns by improving soil pH, nutrient availability and fertilizer efficiency.

Place a cup of soil into a jar, top it off with water, and shake vigorously. Allowing the mixture to settle entirely, you’ll ...

Soil color could replace expensive chemical tests, helping farmers monitor fertility and carbon faster and more safely.

The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

The price of soil sample testing at the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory is being reduced as the lab adopts a new testing method.

Last year, more than 24,000 farmers and gardeners requested soil sample testing through MU Extension. This year, the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory in Mumford Hall is making it simpler and cheaper ...